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Sharif Vakili

Former Investor at SR One Capital Management

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $300K – $2M checks · typically $500K

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About

Sharif Vakili is co-founder and CEO of UpDoc, a healthcare AI company developing Remote Patient Intervention models for supervised AI care delivery. He is a primary care physician on faculty at Stanford and teaches at the Graduate School of Business. Vakili has background experience in venture capital and clinical research.

Experience

  1. UpDocCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officercurrent2023 — present
  2. Stanford Health CareClinical Assistant Professorcurrent2022 — present
  3. IndomoBoard Director2023 — 2025
  4. Polaris PartnersInvestor2018 — 2025
  5. Thirty MadisonBoard Observer2022 — 2024
  6. The Doctor is OutHost and Creator2020 — 2023
  7. USMLE ProCo-Founder2018 — 2020
  8. Translate BioBusiness Development2018
  9. S.R. One LtdInvestor2017 — 2018

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Leadership10Business Strategy7Drug Discovery7Entrepreneurship6Research7

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Who is Sharif Vakili?
Sharif Vakili is co-founder and CEO of UpDoc, a healthcare AI company developing Remote Patient Intervention models for supervised AI care delivery. He is a primary care physician on faculty at Stanford and teaches at the Graduate School of Business. Vakili has background experience in venture capital and clinical research.
What check size does Sharif Vakili write?
Sharif Vakili typically writes checks of $300K – $2M.
Where did Sharif Vakili go to school?
Sharif Vakili studied at Stanford University (Board Certification: Internal Medicine); The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine (MD)); Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)).

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